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date	20/11/2023
answering body	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept id	215
answering dept short name	Energy Security and Net Zero
answering dept sort name	Energy Security and Net Zero
hansard heading	Wind Power: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to his Department's publication Electricity Generation Costs 2023, updated in November 2023, what the evidential basis is for the assumption that windfarms commissioned in 2025 will (a) not experience any decline in output over their lifetimes and (b) have an average output of 61% of capacity.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Dame Andrea Jenkyns
uin	2680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p>The Department’s Generation Costs Report 2023 is regularly updated based on externally reviewed evidence; these external reports are also published containing detailed description of underlying assumptions.</p><p> </p><p>The 61% net load factor assumed for offshore wind plants commissioning in 2025 is derived from DESNZ modelling of wind turbine load factors. This calculation combines a theoretical turbine power curve (power output as a function of wind speed, modelled using turbine technology parameters including rotor swept area and hub height) with historic site-specific Virtual Met Mast (VMM) hourly wind speed data sourced from the UK Met Office.</p> answering member constituency Beverley and Holderness answering member printed Graham Stuart question first answered 28/11/2023 07:29:16 answering member 1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1463282

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Treasury
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Answer of 9 March 2022 to Question 132402 on civil service staff networks, what information he holds on (a) FTE staff time and (b) budgets available to recognised staff groups within his Department in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Orpington
tabling member printed	Gareth Bacon
uin	2680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2022 answer text <p>With reference to the answer of 9 March 2022, HM Treasury has several staff networks.</p><p>Network activities are voluntary and are carried out in addition to the individuals’ normal role.</p><p>There is no allocated budget available for networks within the Department.</p><p>Staff networks and societies provide valuable support to staff, they promote activities and opportunities for talented civil servants encouraging an inclusive work culture.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately grouped question UIN 2679 question first answered 24/05/2022 12:51:36 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4798 label Biography information for Gareth Bacon

1170467

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date	13/01/2020
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Universal Credit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department took to ensure that universal credit claimants received their December payment before Christmas day 2019.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	2680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>The information requested surrounding the volume of Faster Payments made on 24 December 2019 is not readily available and to provide it would incur a disproportionate cost to the Department.</p><p>Universal Credit payments are issued on the same date every month throughout the year. This helps to ensure claimants manage a household budget effectively by knowing when to expect their payment.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s banking system identifies when a payment date falls on a bank holiday or weekend, and will automatically issue the payment on the last working day before the bank holiday or weekend to ensure that claimants are not disadvantaged.</p><p> </p><p>We have substantial experience of making alternative payment arrangements where necessary, and publicise any changes through channels including Jobcentres and online at GOV.UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince grouped question UIN 2679 2681 3293 question first answered 21/01/2020 18:20:58 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan